VOSTA LMG has recently signed a contract for a repeat order with ASL Shipyard Pte Ltd. The contract is signed for the delivery of an engineering and components package for a self propelled cutter suction dredge, which ASL will construct in its Singapore shipyard and deliver to DEME in 2011. VOSTA LMG will deliver the latest in dredging technology in close co-operation with ASL Shipyard Singapore and DEME.

The scope of delivery for VOSTA LMG includes the following main dredge components:

-          The complete cutter ladder

-          VOSTA LMG wire system spud carrier installation

-          Spuds and spud hoisting system

-          Submerged and inboard dredge pumps type VL900

-          VOSTA T-system cutter heads

-          VOSTA LMG dredge monitoring and control system

-          Anchor boom system

-          Hydraulic system

The self propelled CSD850 will have the following main characteristics:

-          Length over all:                           approx 97 m

-          Breath, moulded:                         approx 20 m

-          Total installed power:                   12.860 kW

-          Dredging depth:                           4 to 30 m

-          Diameter mixture pipes:                 850 mm

-          Cutter power:                             2.500 kW